The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-22
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

| Mrs. HELEN CAMPBELL, the authoress, went
to Europe last week to study the tenement
| house system.
| Mrs. SUMNER VISITOR says that she wonders
why the country cook will insist upon calling IN
| derdone soda biscuit 'hot rolls
A DIVORCE has been granted in Chicago to
Antoinette V. Wakeman from Edgar L. Wake
Eaan, formerly editor of The Current
GLEN STUDEBAKER, of South Bend, has been
| elected trustee and member of the executive
| committee of the Chautauoua Assembly and
| University.
A MICHIGAN boy who had 1000 buttons
string. explained it by saying that his
| father is minister and has the sorting of the
collection basket"
THE Mormons have story that some Eastern
phrenologist has offered ST. 900 for John Taylor's
head, and the tomb of the dead president will be
jealousy guarded in consequence.
THE Empress of Austria has kind heart
While she was at Cromer this summer o fisher
man was drowned there She went to his cot
tage alone, broke the news tenderly possi-
BILE to the widow, and left her purse containing
S.. 000
only successful female insurance agent in the
country. She does an annual business which
nets her thousands in profits and there has
never been a complaint lodged against her by
policy holders.
SAM JONES will at once introduce his brother
a better preacher than he. Sam, is. The two
will open up at Beutonville, Ark, where John
will practice before he is introduced to the pay
ing congregations.
A FRIEND of Moissonier's went to congratulate
him on his seventy fifth birthday and found
him in the middle of corn field at noon. He
had bought the corn field and engaged body of
cuirassiers TO trample it down. This gave him
the effect he wanted
NJ. AMBROSE THOMAS, director of the Paris
Conservatoire, is now in his seventy-sixth year,
and it is sixty years since he took his first prize
for playing the piano He is almost as much
devoted to art collections to music and con-
siders himself yet quite a youngster
Miss MADELINE d. RoUTH. of the most
expert translators in the Geological Survey De-
partment at Washington, has resigned The
government was sorry to lose Miss Routh's
ices. but the wishes of the young 1ady's be-
trothed were more powerful than those of Uncle
Sam.
THE late Colonel Spencer, of New York, it is
sad defended no less than eighty-four muir
derers, of whom all but four got OFF. He never
refused to defend a man because hs was DOOR
Like many lawyers" he used to So, Il work
hard and live we'll. and shall die pc :" Yet ne
left good estate.
LOUIS BoYpEN. who died the OTHER day at
Worcester, Mass. aged eghty-fve had been TO-
tally blind for eighteen years. His sense Of
touch developed in a marvellous manner Ee
it, and he planted weeded, and cared for his
large garden entirely by himself. and was never
known to pull up a Young plant for weed
Mr. ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON. who is ex-
pected to reach New York about the first of Sep
tenn Der, is said to be much interested in Mr. Sui
livan's vision of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr.. HYDE"
which Mansfield is to produce in New York early
in the coming season. Mr.. Stevenson's health is
by means good. but great hopes enter-
tanned that his sojourn IN this country will
store mis- lost vitality.
IT is related that Prince Bismarck was re-
Gently asked for autograph by young Eng
lish girl who professed extraordinary admira-
ton for him. and wrote that she would consider
a few lines from him an omen of happiness for
her future life. He sent her the following
Beware, my child, of building castles In the
air: they Of all structures the easiest to
and the most difficult to demolish"
GOOD story is told about Salvini:s attempt
to learn the English language He took lessons
in English. but when he found that it was nec-
essary to say that person went ION foot" he
objected. I'VE do not GO to place foot"
said he, 1--WE go on feet When a language is
absurd and extravaganza as to say that a persons
goes foot what is the use of learning it2"
And thereupon he abandoned the English Ian
guage.
SPEAKING of jeff Daviss letter against:prohi-
bition Bishop Galloway, of Mississippi. says:
~ did hope that his stormy life would have a
peaceful close; that his would go down with
out feck of cloud in the sky; but that unfortu-
nate utterance will obscure the radiance of his
eventide and leave q shadow upon his memory.
How sad that the last words of a soldier. sage
and Christian should become the shibboleth of
the saloons"
A GARFIELD. wv. IT, paper says: A young
man of reliability informs that while herding
horses near Endicott. he wedged a rattlesnake
between rocks in such manner that it did not
hurt the snake. He pulled the rattles off and
removed the rock and the snake vigorous
and combatlve as ever, and every time the
snake would make its tail tremble the rattles
which the young man held il his hands would
culver and rattle just the il they had
never been removed.
AT the great naval review steamboat load of
sghtseers passing the Victoria cheered Justify for
Lord Harrington and Lord r. Churchill who
were known to be aboard that vessel. Being
away aft the noble lords missed this demonstra-
ton. but presently ran across Dir. Chamb erlan.
who told them what had occurred. You twc.n
he said. 'have been enesred oy lot of people
in a steamboat; but they were all drunk" ..Ah,
were theyl' replied Lord Harrington; ''but not
drunk enough to cheer you"
A GERMAN lady. who recently was admitted
into the presence of the Khedive's wife, de-
scribes her in the Vienna Neue Freie Presse as
follows: 'She is still young, at most twenty-four
to twenty-sx years old, and has an extremely
face. Her whole appearance would be
bewitchiug were she not an Oriental and there
fore, young she is, already too stout to be |
perfectly beautiful according TO European no.
tions. She has large dark eyes with long heavy |
eyelashes. a dazzling complexion-to which art |
has contributed nothing-and the lovellest little
mouth and teeth Her ne"k and arms, as we'll |
as her small fat hands. ettered with diamonds, |
and her dark. rashionably arranged hair |
circled with wreaths OF precious stones. and yet |
oInehow her toilet seemed not overladen. On |
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